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Summary: Hohoho.
Review: ...Not only is this woman preaching hysterical and wildly inaccurate attitudes towards what most of us parents consider to be a pretty important aspect of our lives (the growth of our kids into decent adults) the ridiculously over the top diatribes and fundamentalist doctrines she spouts, if taken seriously, could easily blind a parent to the real issues their teen is going through. Frankly I think the attitudes expressed are dangerous and could be highly detrimental to a growing teen if taken seriously. ...
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Summary: No way
Review: As usual, a "Christian" book is disguising itself as an authority on something about which it obviously knows little. This epistle twists everything around to make it look like every goth kid is doomed to a life of debauchery and decadence. I grew up a goth kid and I dare say a good share of them are the Hello Kitty crowd and wouldn't hurt a flea. I admit some are lost in this world, but that just makes them intelligent and without an outlet for change. Is that such an awful thing? I think you could read pure fiction and get more out of it than this book. Don't waste your money. Sara Trollinger is a frightening woman who I wouldn't let within a million miles of my child (no matter what their problems). And since when is a tattoo an inherently evil thing? A butterfly, a heart? Jeb Bush and the Campus Crusade for Christ may think she's great, but beware of this one. I think she's nuts! Why do they all come from Florida?
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Summary: Yeah, it's one-sided propaganda, but has a few good points..
Review: First of all, I only read the first chapter, so I can only comment on that. It's free to read on Regnery's website, and is about the dangers of the rave culture to teens. The book appears to be targeted to parents who suspect their child of being involved in unseemly activities, and want to know what to do about it. There's a lot of sensationalistic hype in the first part of the book reminiscent of tabloid-style TV "news" reporting. But there may be some truth in the things they write about, at least for some people. I agree that raves should be limited to those over 18, though probably a lot of younger ones slip in. And no doubt raves contain a lot of mixed-up characters, just as you would also find in schools or public places. The problem is that the authors assume that everyone who attend raves will get "sucked in" to a decadent or dangerous lifestyle, which is a gross overgeneralization to make. I can see why they do this, however: as youth counselors, their source of rave culture is troubled teens, most likely those who would be screwed up whether they went to raves or not. The authors would not know anything about the knowledge I or others like me have of raves, since I have never been to a youth counselor, never got "sucked in" to this lifestyle, and have nothing of interest to tell them about my experience (no drugs, no sex, just dancing). So I began to feel that they were missing the real point, when the chapter started getting into the larger issue, asking parents, "what is your relationship with your child, and how can you strengthen it?" This is really what it's all about, spending time with your child, talking to him, giving her confidence in herself and her abilities. Then you won't freak out when your child comes home one day with a tattoo or a piercing, because you know your child and can trust in his judgement. So parts of this book could be useful to parents, but with a caution: skip the authors' sensationalistic comments on youth culture, and stick to their advice on talking with and spending time with your kids. Instead of lecturing your kids on how dangerous raves are, ask them questions about their knowledge of and experience with them and how you feel about this environment (which the authors recommend). I have personal experience with one of my parents doing the former and not the latter with me, and I can tell you that this approach doesn't work. Besides, their knowledge of raves, goth culture, etc. is based on second-hand accounts anyway.
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Summary: Yeah, it's one-sided propaganda, but has a few good points..
Review: First of all, I only read the first chapter, so I can only comment on that. It's free to read on Regnery's website, and is about the dangers of the rave culture to teens. The book appears to be targeted to parents who suspect their child of being involved in unseemly activities, and want to know what to do about it. There's a lot of sensationalistic hype in the first part of the book reminiscent of tabloid-style TV "news" reporting. But there may be some truth in the things they write about, at least for some people. I agree that raves should be limited to those over 18, though probably a lot of younger ones slip in. And no doubt raves contain a lot of mixed-up characters, just as you would also find in schools or public places. The problem is that the authors assume that everyone who attend raves will get "sucked in" to a decadent or dangerous lifestyle, which is a gross overgeneralization to make. I can see why they do this, however: as youth counselors, their source of rave culture is troubled teens, most likely those who would be screwed up whether they went to raves or not. The authors would not know anything about the knowledge I or others like me have of raves, since I have never been to a youth counselor, never got "sucked in" to this lifestyle, and have nothing of interest to tell them about my experience (no drugs, no sex, just dancing). So I began to feel that they were missing the real point, when the chapter started getting into the larger issue, asking parents, "what is your relationship with your child, and how can you strengthen it?" This is really what it's all about, spending time with your child, talking to him, giving her confidence in herself and her abilities. Then you won't freak out when your child comes home one day with a tattoo or a piercing, because you know your child and can trust in his judgement. So parts of this book could be useful to parents, but with a caution: skip the authors' sensationalistic comments on youth culture, and stick to their advice on talking with and spending time with your kids. Instead of lecturing your kids on how dangerous raves are, ask them questions about their knowledge of and experience with them and how you feel about this environment (which the authors recommend). I have personal experience with one of my parents doing the former and not the latter with me, and I can tell you that this approach doesn't work. Besides, their knowledge of raves, goth culture, etc. is based on second-hand accounts anyway.
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Summary: It's Sad People Believe This Way
Review: I am the mother of a 12 year old girl and stumbled across this book at the library. After the first couple of chapters I suspected it was a "Christian" book, but figured I'd see what, if any, information of value I could glean from the book. The one thing I did get was that it is a good idea for Dads to spend one-on-one time with their teen daughters and be involved in their lives. That "good" male attention can help immensely with a girl's self-esteem and give her positive expectations of male/female relationships. Other than that, the book is HORRID. It is, as other reviewers have mentioned, EXTREMELY sensationalistic. While I would prefer my daughter not get involved in the rave scene, I sincereley doubt that one exposure is going to result in her becoming gang raped and running off and being a prostitute. Chapter 5, about the Goths, warns that dabbling in wearing black clothers, black eyeliner and black lipstick will cause your child to be posessed by the devil. Least you think they are exagerating, the author warns, David Berkowitz (aka Son of Sam) is presented not as a sick individual who CLAIMS that he was possessed by the devil and thus committed his atrocious acts, but as someone who had ACTUALLY been posessed by the devil. Do they REALLY think that giving your teen Christian Contemporary Music CDs would work on a kid who's preference is Marylin Manson? I'm still reading the book ... I am slightly halfway along and am reading it more for the "I cannot believe they actually think this way" value than anything else. There are much better, more realistic, saner books out there on dealing with your teen and his or her issues. Read this one just for its curiosity factor ... if you try any of their "Discussion Starters" on your actual teen I guarantee they'll never regard you with a straight face again.
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Summary: uhhhh
Review: I don't own this book; I filped through it at a bookstore once, and then fell to the ground laughing, mostly about the part w/ Goths.
I, being somewhat Gothic, found the whole thing funny. I listen to some Chrisitan music, for heavens sake, and Goth has nothing to do with the devil.
Manson is shock rock, not Goth and the term Spooky Kid is used by me and a lot of other goths to describe people who listen to Manson, cut themselves to be Goth, drink blood and so forth.
Goth is basically about beauty, and it has nothing to do with Devil Worship. It's not a religion, and I'm Christian and Goth, and I have never meant any devil worshipers or people that are possessed.
Don't get this, unless you have a *very* good sense of humor and know the basics of what this book is talking about.
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Summary: /sigh
Review: I have one thing to say to this crap. Jesus save my tattooed old school goth behind from your followers. What a silly, hysterical woman. I am more concerned about saving my daughter from people like her.
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Summary: Hohoho.
Review: I have to say that this is possibly the most sensationalist misinformed piece of tripe I have ever come across. I agree fully with all of the other reviews and their comments. Not only is this the worst type of religious scaremongering (before you bible bashers start I am a good Catholic boy, educated by priests anyone) I have seen in a long time, it's just plain offensive to anyone who indulges in the odd piuercing or enjoys dance music and raves or God forbid...dresses in black (catholic priests). I think this books sales rank speaks volumes for it. The author must be quite worried about the state of the world today when books about bestiality are selling more than their guide to emerging threats. In brief...if you want to completely distance yourself from your children, if you do not want to understand their problems in the most important years of their lives, if you are fundamentalist, sensationalist or just ignorant to other cultures and lifestyles then this book is for you. If on the other hand you are a normal sane human the only good this book will serve will be to scare you away from organised religion and it's draconian beliefs forever.
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Summary: pie?
Review: this book promise pie, it have no pie, i blame teen culture! oh no!! hehe
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